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New Films Forwards 'Chain Letter'
8 November 2009 5:51 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Variety
New Films has picked up worldwide rights to Deon Taylor's horror film "Chain Letter," and will release it in the U.S. next year with an eye toward building the title into a franchise.
The film, which is being screened for international buyers at the American Film Market, stars Nikki Reed ("Twilight," "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"), Betsy Russell ("Saw" franchise) and Brad Dourif ("Child's Play"). It follows a serial killer preying on teenagers who fail to forward a chain letter.
Read more in Variety. »
- Josh Dickey
Send This Movie to 10 People, or Face the Consequences
8 November 2009 1:10 PM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
I don’t know about you, but I remember chain letters being huge when I was about nine or ten years old. You know how they go: You get a letter, it tells you a story of some sort, then advises you to pass the letter on to a certain number of friends or have bad luck.
People rarely ever take these letters (or in today’s technology based society, e-mails) seriously, but next year we may feel more inclined to do so.
New Films has picked up the rights to Chain Letter, a horror film by Deon Taylor that follows a serial killer who targets teenagers who don’t follow through on forwarding chain letters.
Chain Letter, which will star Nikki Reed, Betsy Russell, and Brad Dourif, is already being looked at as a franchise possibility. The film will be released next year, produced by Todd Slater through Slater Brothers Entertainment. »
- Carly
Afm: New Films to Deliver Deon Taylor's Chain Letter
8 November 2009 11:53 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
If you're a regular reader of the site, then you know that we've touted Deon Taylor as an up-and-coming director to watch. And now that New Films has acquired his film Chain Letter during Afm, you'll soon be able to see if we're right.
Variety reports that New Films has picked up worldwide rights to Deon Taylor's horror pic Chain Letter and will release the film in the U.S. next year. They believe the film has "franchise possibilities".
Chain Letter stars Michael Bailey Smith as the "Chain Man" along with The Twilight Saga's Nikki Reed, Deadgirl's Noah Segan, and genre staples Brad Dourif, Keith David, and Betsy Russell. Matthew Cohen, Cody Kasch, Michael J. Pagan, Cherilyn Wilson, and Clifton Powell co-star in the flick, which tells the tale of a maniac who targets teens when they fail to forward chain email.
Check out the new Chain Letter trailer below, »
- Uncle Creepy
New Films answers the Chain Letter
8 November 2009 5:13 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Variety reports that New Films has picked up worldwide rights to the teen-torture flick Chain Letter. The company plans a U.S. release for the movie next year, and sees it as the potential launch of a screen franchise.
Produced by the Saw masterminds at Twisted Pictures and directed by Deon Taylor from a script he wrote with Diana Erwin and Michael J. Pagan, Chain Letter is about a group of high-schoolers who receive the titular messages electronically, and soon learn that failure to pass them on means painful death at the hands of hulking psychopath the Chain Man (The Hills Have Eyes’ Michael Bailey Smith). The cast also includes the Twilight films’ Nikki Reed, the Saw sequels’ Betsy Russell, Deadgirl’s Noah Segan and genre stalwarts Brad Dourif and Keith David; Toolbox Murders’ Dean Jones created the makeup FX. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
New Films Picks Up Chain Letter
8 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Variety reports that New Films has picked up worldwide rights to Deon Taylor's horror pic Chain Letter and plans to release the film in the U.S. next year. The story centers on a serial killer who preys on teenagers. His target: Teens who fail to forward a chain letter. The cast consists of several genre vets including Nikki Reed ( Twilight , The Twilight Saga: New Moon ), Betsy Russell (Saw III-vi) and Brad Dourif (Child's Play, Halloween 2 ). New Films picked up the film with hopes to turn it into a franchise. Todd Slater produced Chain Letter through his Slater Brothers Entertainment shingle. »
Afm '09: New Films Acquires 'Chain Letter', New Trailer
7 November 2009 11:16 PM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
New Films has picked up worldwide rights to Deon Taylor's horror pic Chain Letter and will release the film in the U.S. next year. The pic, which is being screened for international buyers at the American Film Market, stars Nikki Reed (Twilight, Twilight Saga: The New Moon), Betsy Russell (Saw franchise) and Brad Dourif (Child's Play). The storyline follows a serial killer who preys on teenagers. His target: Teens who fail to forward a chain letter. New Films considers Chain Letter a pic with franchise possibilities, according to Taylor and the firm's prexy Nesim Hason. Todd Slater produced Chain Letter through his Slater Brothers Entertainment shingle. Watch the new trailer below. »
Herzog and Lynch’s My Son snags theatrical release
6 November 2009 7:35 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Absurda and Industrial Entertainment have announced that their film My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done has set a debut theatrical-release date. The movie marks the first collaboration between cinematic mavericks Werner Herzog and David Lynch, who directed and executive-produced respectively.
My Son, My Son will open Friday, December 11 at New York City’s IFC Center (323 6th Avenue), with playdates in other cities to follow. Though word from early screenings is that it’s not really a horror film, it does deal with rather twisted subject matter—a man (Bug’s Michael Shannon) who murders his mother with a sword while acting out a Sophocles play—and features a genre-centric cast including Antichrist’s Willem Dafoe, Sisters’ Chloe Sevigny, Udo Kier (who discussed the movie with us here) and Brad Dourif. You can see the movie’s official website, with a trailer and more photos, here.
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Chain Letter World Premiere at the Afm
2 November 2009 11:18 PM, PST | 28 Days Later Analysis | See recent 28 Days Later Analysis news »
A wicked looking little film is Chain Letter. Chain Letter stars Nikki Reed, Betsy Russell, and Brad Dourif and the film will have its world premiere at the American Film Market. The picture is still looking for distribution, but the first trailer and movie poster are available here. Also, fans can take a look at the full cast from this New Films International production below. Chain Letter will start Monday, November 9th at the Afm and for more info' on this picture visit the Afm homepage past the break.
Release: Unknown.
Director: Deon Taylor.
Writer: Diana Erwin, Deon Taylor, and Michael J. Pagan.
Cast: Nikki Reed, Noah Segan, Keith David, Betsy Russell, Michael Bailey Smith, Matthew Cohen, Cody Kasch, Michael J. Pagan, Cherilyn Wilson, and Clifton Powell.
A trailer for Chain Letter below:
For more info' on Chain Letter and showtimes for Chain Letter visit the Afm website below:
- Michael Ross Allen
Chain Letter Trailer
2 November 2009 3:48 PM, PST | HorrorYearbook | See recent HorrorYearbook news »
Here is the trailer for Deon Taylor's Chain Letter. The film stars Nikki Reed (The Twilight Saga), Betsy Russell (The Saw franchise), Brad Dourif (Child's Play) and Bai Ling (Crank: High Voltage). Taylor hopes to find a distributor for his movie at this year's Afm. It follows a maniac who murders teens when they refuse to forward a chain letter. Taylor also directed Nite Tales: The Movie starring Flavor Flav. »
- Tornado Trailer Ted
Halloween Special Part 2: Michael Myers vs Me
1 November 2009 10:16 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
To bring us out of Halloween I thought I would do a daring deed and take on Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger in a no holds bared face off (literally) where I have watched the entire back catalogue of their films to determine once and for all who is champion slasher, Part 1 was on Jason, Part 2 is Michael Myers.
The three killers have haunted us through our childhoods with each horror legend bringing us movies which have completely terrified and equally bemused us with poor sequels and terrible plots
Beware pictures of blood and gore to follow.
Michael Myers is very similar to Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger in that nothing seems to kill him, but the big difference is that Michael Myers is the only non-supernatural monster out of the three, he is a killing machine that has been shot numerous times, blown up in fire, stabbed »
- Gary Phillips
MattFini's Halloween Top 10 Lists: Best Sequels
28 October 2009 4:33 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Saw VI, much to my surprise, turned out to be one of the better films in the franchise, and in honor of it, I thought we’d look at some of the genre’s best sequels. They’re a fact of life when it comes to horror films so here's my take on some of the follow-ups that either usurped the originals or, at least, turned out better than expected.
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
After the baffling detour into “hey, let’s use Freddy as a metaphor for teenage homosexuality” that was Freddy’s Revenge*, the series realigned itself with this direct follow-up to Wes Craven’s original (with Craven himself contributing to script duties).
Part 3 boasts an imaginative story, good characters (need I remind anyone of Kincaid?), and one of the most memorable locales in the franchise. Director Charles (later Chuck, for some reason) Russell »
- Masked Slasher
Brad Dourif chases down a Junkyard Dog
28 October 2009 1:43 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
A trailer has emerged for Kim Bass' new horror/thriller, Junkyard Dog. This one falls under that rare category of 'films that actually look better than expected.' It's definitely got the grimy look and creep factor down, and is reminiscent of the Silence of the Lambs, so let's hope the story has something new in store for us too.
Synopsis:
Inspired by actual events, Junkyard Dog is a gritty psychological thriller that delves the demented mind of a cannibalistic serial rapist who kidnaps his tenth victim in as many months on Halloween night.
Junkyard Dog tells the terror-filled tale of Audra Buckman, a nineteen year-old college co-ed, trapped in a month-long nightmare, struggling to stay alive and uneaten while being held captive, left half-starved and repeatedly savaged by Jyd, an oddly charismatic, vicious man-eating monster. Audra's only hope of escape from this hell--and the mouth of a madman--is Samantha Deatherage, »
Fox, Dourif Bitten By the Junkyard Dog
28 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
The creator of Succubus: Hell Bent , a 2007 supernatural thriller with Gary Busey, is back and pushing Vivica A. Fox through a serial killer mystery with genre vet Brad Dourif. It's called Junkyard Dog ; written and directed by Kim Bass, the film makes its American Film Market debut next week and will be barking for potential distributors. Synopsis: A cannibalistic serial rapist kidnaps his tenth victim in as many months on Halloween night. Audra Buckman struggles to stay alive and uneaten while being held captive. Audra's only hope of escape from this hell - and the mouth of a madman - is Samantha Deatherage, a tough FBI agent who is sent on a solo assignment to search for the missing girl. Naturally, with most thrillers today, this one, too, is "based on true... »
Review: Bad Lieutenant - a truly orginal remake
26 October 2009 10:56 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
I've got to say, that the thought of handing over the keys of a cliche ridden traditional cop thriller to Werner Herzog and letting him drive it out of the showroom, is partly a stroke of genius and partly, or completely, totally and absolutely, insane. Not that Abel Ferrara's 1992 film (one which Herzog claims he's still never seen) was anything traditional of course. What's weird with this revamp (remake, reboot, re imagining... whatever) is that at first glance, it looks, walks and talks like an episode of a television cop show. Hey... I said at first glance. We're in New Orleans, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (that bitch) and Terence McDonaugh (Cage - a jokey reference to trouble maker H.I McDonaugh in the Coen's Raising Arizona?) avoids the brow beating of a partner to rescue a crook from a jail cell. A shot sharp glance at a good side of someone who, »
- Neil Innes
New Clip For Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
26 October 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
Werner Herzog's new film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans has released a new clip on Apple. The film, a remake of the Abel Ferrara twisted classic Bad Lieutenant, stars Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Xzibit and Brad Dourif.
In the film, Cage plays corrupt police detective Terence McDonagh, a man whose drive to score drugs is only matched by his dedication to the job. Determined to get his way, he wields his badge and gun at every turn, while investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The highly functional addict uses his intuitive sleuth skill set to scour New Orleans for the next score and the murderers. Together with his love, a prostitute played by Eva Mendes, he descends into his own underworld, driven and tormented by desire, compulsion and conscience.
Check out the clip by clicking this link to Apple. »
Bad Lieutenant Clip: Nic Cage Show his Castle to Eva Mendes
24 October 2009 8:34 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Nic Cage acting all hopped up on drugs and stuttering his way through a story about pirate treasure and a missing spoon while showing off his shack/childhood castle? Nic Cage does that in his sleep, buddy, and he does it here, in this clip from Werner Herzog’s “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”. The loony crime/drama co-stars Cage, Mendes, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Brad Dourif, Michael Shannon, Shawn Hatosy, Xzibit, Denzel Whitaker, Shea Whigham, Irma P. Hall, and probably won’t be entertaining you in a theater near you anytime soon. Unfortunately for Kilmer, this looks like it’ll hit a couple of theaters in limited release before going directly to DVD and cable; but then again, Kilmer is probably used to that. Via Apple. »
- Nix
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 10/13/2009
10 October 2009 11:19 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.
Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, October 13, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List. It's another Big week, with Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell hitting the market, along with some long-awaited classics including The Stepfather, Hardware, and more.
Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com
Angels Vs. Demons: Fact Or Fiction?
The Vatican has condemned it. Readers around the world love it. And now we separate the fact from the fiction in Dan Brown’s controversial bestseller Angels & Demons. We examine the cutting-edge science of anti-matter and question the historical accuracy of theology, conspiracies, symbolism and cults as described by the The Da Vinci Code author. Includes bonus feature: »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
Child’S Play, Wrong Turn, Wrong Turn 2 Blu-ray Reviews
10 October 2009 9:23 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Universal has already issued their horror releases for Halloween, and I’ve already reviewed them, so I’m reviewing half of the 20th Century Fox releases for Halloween. Child’s Play, and Wrong Turns one and two. At least two of these movies are pretty good. My reviews after the jump.
Tom Holland is easy to underrate as he fell off the map. But with this and Fright Night, he’s definitely one of the masters of 1980’s horror. Alas, his follow ups were not as promising or entertaining. But Child’s Play works because it’s a Twilight Zone episode brought to life. There’s not a lot of fucking around, and it sells that the dolls is animated, which is the feat with a show like this. Catherine Hicks stars as Karen Barclay, whose son Andy (Alex Vincent) is a huge fan of Good Guys, a TV show »
- Andre Dellamorte
New Trailer For ‘Bad Lieutenant’ With Nicolas Cage
9 October 2009 8:15 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
Not many people are fans of Nicolas Cage. It could be that his hair is a bird, or that he has been known for many poor film choices like Wicker Man, Next, Knowing, Bangkok Dangerous, World Trade Center or Ghost Rider. The trailer for his newest film, however, doesn’t look half bad — even if it is a remake.
Bad Lieutenant is a remake of the 1992 film starring Harvey Keitel about a cop who walks the line of moral and amoral, drinking and gambling along the way. The idea may feel a bit beaten to death for anybody who watched all 6 seasons of FX’s The Shield, but director Werner Herzog is pushing through regardless.
The script was adapted (or copy-and-pasted) by a veteran of the world of police drama, William Finkelstein, who’s writing credits date all the way back to 1990 with Cop Rock. This remake also changes the »
- Sebastian Suchecki
Trailer: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
9 October 2009 8:07 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Yahoo have debuted the first trailer from Nicholas Cage’s new movie, ‘Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans’. The movie also stars Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Vondie Curtis Hall, Shawn Hatosy, Denzel Whitaker, Xzibit, Shea Wigham, Katie Chonacas, Brad Dourif and is a remake of Abel Ferrara’s ‘Bad Lieutenant’ made in 1992 which starred Harvey Keitel.
The name makes it sound terrible although the images I posted previously and this new trailer actually make it look pretty good. The problems may come with the fact that it has Mr. Nicolas ‘hit and miss’ Cage in it and we could be in for a bumpy ride!
‘Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans’ has no UK release date as yet.
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- David Sztypuljak
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